hot take?

[u/cozysweetpotato]

Personally I really love the way the characters in Oblivion look (especially compared to Skyrim and their gaunt sunken yuck) but all I see are people making fun of the way they look 😭 is this an unpopular opinion?

I especially like the way the characters in Oblivion look because they feel realistic especially for that world and you can make a pretty character but not a hyper pretty character which is refreshing. I also love how round the faces/heads are it adds a softness I really like and I love the eye colors as well and think they are very beautiful even today. It just feels very charming and Obliviony (which is to say beautiful but unsettling at times)

[u/DudeOvertheLine]

At first I was really weirded out by oblivion’s faces (mostly the face cam) since Skyrim was my first elder scrolls game, but now that I’ve played them both, I gotta say, I love the color of oblivion! Skyrim is all gray and snowy and depressing. Rarely is there a quest where I feel the character is truly happy in the end. That aside, I love the vibrancy of the characters in oblivion—they have far more personality than in Skyrim. And you can give them neon hair without mods—how cool is that!